HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



Corolla. Funnel-form, gibbous at base; border five-lobed, 

 nearly regular ; lobes longer than the tube. 



Stamens. Five, inserted on the corolla. 



Pistil. Ovary two-celled, ovules many ; style slender ; stigma 

 capitate. 



Fruit. Ovaries of the two flowers unite and form an oblong 

 or globose, bluish, two-eyed berry, half an inch long and about 

 five-eighths of an inch across ; dark blue with a pale blue bloom ; 

 bitter acid. July. 



Loniccra ccerulea has this unusual characteristic ; it 

 produces two perfect flowers in order to make one 

 berry. The flowers are twins, but the pistils are sep- 

 arate, yet after the corollas have fallen the two ovaries 

 enlarge and begin to grow toward each other and 

 finally unite into a single berry, which shows its 

 duplex origin by the two tiny so-called "eyes" at its 

 apex, each of which is the remnant of a flower calyx. 

 The double structure of the berry is clearly seen by a 

 cross section, the line of cleavage between the two 

 parts being very distinct. The fruit is drooping and 

 usually hidden under the leaves. In taste a bitter acid, 

 with the bitter much stronger than the acid. 



In midsummer the new shoots have a bluish purple 

 cast, which gives a certain bluish effect to the bush. It 

 takes kindly to cultivation, and is recommended by 

 gardeners. 



FLY-HONEYSUCKLE 

 Lonicera canadtnsis. Lonicera ciliata. 



Three to five feet high, branchlets glabrous and marked with 

 elevated lines which descend from the bases of the petioles ; 

 found in moist woods. Ranges from New Brunswick to Mani- 

 toba, south to Connecticut and west to Pennsylvania and Mich- 

 igan. 



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